"Basic technique is knowing yourself and knowing how to use yourself."

John Strasberg Entertainment See all quotes by John Strasberg →

React to this quote

More by John Strasberg

“All art is transformational.”

“To intentionally dream about the world in which the character lives is work which the actor must always do alone; it is then that he establishes the link between himself and the play. This is what I now recognize takes place in the actor’s personal dream space.”

“Chaos, doubts, and confusion is normal and signifies the beginning of the creative process”

“The creative process, like anything in life has poetry to it .”

“Stanislavsky is the person who really originated the movement that later inspirated the American Theatre and it was the institutionalization of the Actors studio which made it permanent.”

“Life is armonic at its best.”

Resonant Thoughts

"Universities won't survive. The future is outside the traditional campus, outside the traditional classroom. Distance learning is coming on fast."

— Peter Drucker

Philosophy1909–2005

#knowledge

"A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who knows how much he knows is sick."

— Witter Bynner

Literature1881–1968

#knowledge

"You see, I understand Mr. Khan, that your son and your family are Muslim and Muslims do indeed serve in our armed forces. But in the military I know, we do not celebrate that which divides, but rather…"

— Allen West (politician)

Military1961

#knowledge